Theresa Barrett Male, Esquire

Collaborative Attorney, Mediator, Parenting Coordinator

Providing options and creative solutions for separating couples and families.

Born in Washington, D.C., Theresa grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania with five younger siblings and a large extended family. From 1976 to 1983, Theresa was a protective services caseworker for Lackawanna County Children and Youth Services, and left that position to attend law school in 1983. Following graduation, she worked as an Associate Attorney for Boswell, Tintner and Piccola in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for three years before opening her law office. Since 1989, Theresa has limited her practice to family law issues, including divorce, child custody, and support. Theresa is the current President of the Collaborative Professionals of Central Pennsylvania, the collaborative practice group for Harrisburg, Carlisle and York.

Professional Activities:

• Collaborative Professionals of Central Pennsylvania: President
• International Academy of Collaborative
• DCBA (Dauphin County Bar Association): Family Law Section Member and Past Chair; Court Rules Committee Member; Divorce Master's Sub-Committee Co-Chair; Court Relations Committee Member
• PBA (Pennsylvania Bar Association): Family Law Section Member
• Dauphin County Court Reorganization Committee: Family Law Sub-Committee Member

Theresa’s profile on the IACP website contains additional information about her training in collaborative law, mediation, and parenting coordination:

Education:

Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania ~ J.D. 1986

• Articles editor, Dickinson Law Review
• Author, "Suffer the Little Children": An Analysis of Serious Physical Injury Under Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law, 85 DICK. L. REV. 751 (1985).
• Appellate Moot Court Board

Marywood College, Scranton, Pennsylvania ~ M.A. Psychology 1976 (magna cum laude)

Marywood College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, B.A. Psychology 1974 (cum laude)

• Psi Chi ~ International Honor Society in Psychology
• Delta Epsilon Sigma ~ National Honor Society Catholic Colleges and Universities
• Intern, Farview State Hospital for the Criminally Insane 1969-1970